In the fifth match on Thursday, Simranjeet Singh (7th), Lalit Kumar Upadhyay (35th), Vivek Sagar Prasad (36th), Harmanpreet Singh (42nd) and Ramandeep Singh (43rd) -- all scored a goal each to earn a scintillating victory for the Indian team.
India started the match aggressively and almost immediately were in the ascendancy by creating problems for the Spanish defence with a host of circle penetrations.
India men's hockey team had a relatively favourable draw as they will take on Russia in the final round of Olympic Hockey Qualifiers. Women, meanwhile, will take on the USA.
India will face South Africa in Saturday's final while Japan will square off against USA in the third-fourth place play-off match.
World no. 5 India were far from impressive, especially after thrashing world no. 21 Poland 10-0 in the Azlan Shah Cup less than three months ago.
Dragflicker Harmanpreet and striker Akashdeep Singh scored a brace each for India, while Nilkanata, Simranjeet, Rohidas, Varun, Gursahibjit and Sagar Prasad were the other goal-getters.
Reid made the statement in the context of the FIH Series Finals, where India start as overwhelming favourites having been pitted against seven other lower-ranked sides.
The aggressive Indians dominated the first quarter, constantly looked to break into the striking circle. The tactic worked as all three goals were scored in the first quarter putting the home team on the back-foot.
India are placed in Pool A alongside Poland (ranked 21), Russia and Uzbekistan (43rd), while Pool B consists of South Africa (16th), Asia Games gold medallist Japan (18th), USA (25th) and Mexico (39th).
Five-time India thus maintained their unbeaten streak in the tournament, collecting 13 points from five league matches with the help of four wins and a draw.
With three wins and a draw, India are currently leading the six-team league table with 10 points and a goal difference of eight.
Continuing its winning run, the Indian men's hockey team hammered Canada 7-3 in the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to move one step closer for a place in the final.
With two wins and a draw, India moved up to the second position in the table with seven points behind Korea (7).
Varun Kumar converted a penalty corner in the 24th minute to hand India the lead before Simranjeet Singh (55th) scored a diving field goal from skipper Manpreet Singh's brilliant pass to secure full three points.
India's previous outing at Sultan Azlan Shah ended with the team finishing fifth but saw some good performances by a young unit combined with a few senior players.
India begin their campaign against Japan on March 23 and will be looking to continue their winning form against the Japanese side.
The Junior World Cup-winning coach took charge after India's medal-less showing at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games but was unable to change the team's fortunes.
Having topped their pool featuring eventual champions Belgium, the hosts made a quarterfinal exit, going down to the Netherlands 1-2 in the World Cup.
Eyeing to rewrite history after a hiatus of 43 years, India lost 1-2 to Netherlands in the fourth and last quarterfinal to crash out of the tournament.
In the six earlier meetings at the quadrennial event, Netherlands defeated India five times while one ended in a draw.
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